Ashley Lilley

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Ashley-Anne Lilley is a Scottish actress and singer. She made her debut in the 2008 film Mamma Mia! .

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Early life

Lilley was born in Rothesay, Bute. [1] At the age of 12, she won a place with the National Youth Music Theatre. At 15, she enrolled at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London, [1] and graduated in 2004.

Career

Lilley is primarily a stage actress, with a small number (five, starting with one episode of M.I. High in 2008 [2] and ending with one episode of Lip Service in 2010 [3] ) of film and television roles. She starred as Lucille Frank in a production of Jason Robert Brown's Parade at the Edinburgh fringe festival in 2005. She then joined the UK tour of Cole Porter's Anything Goes in the role of Hope Harcourt. [4] [5] She made her film debut as Ali in 2008 in Mamma Mia! , [6] [7] [8] appeared in the 11-minute short Cat Eats Dog (2009), [6] [7] [8] and the romantic drama film Letters to Juliet (2010). [9] She returned to theatre in 2011, starring in a new production, Nicked, at the HighTide festival. [10]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2008 Mamma Mia! Ali [6] [7] [8]
2009 M.I. High Venus HoustonEpisode: Moontaker [2]
2009Cat Eats DogDotShort movie [6] [7] [8]
2010 Letters to Juliet Patricia [9]
2010 Lip Service CarlaSeries 1, Episode 1 [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Jamieson, Rebecca (26 April 2009). "Parents sell house to fund Mamma Mia! actress". Deadline News. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Network TV BBC Week 13: 28 March-3 April". BBC Press Office. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Lip Service - Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. "Anything Goes @ The Lowry". Manchester Evening News. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. "Anything Goes - THEATRE REVIEWS AND FEATURES". BBC. 8 March 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Mamma Mia star Ashley Lilley appears in student film" . The Telegraph. UK. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Macaskill, Mark (7 June 2009). "Mamma Mia! Film student nets actress Ashley Lilley". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Student recruits Mamma Mia star". BBC News. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Letters to Juliet (2010)". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  10. "Nicked". HighTide Theatre. Retrieved 20 December 2020.